AI's bias problem is actually a problem with people and data

A quick note: I'm going to take a brief newsletter break, but will resume publishing the week of July 9. At that time, or shortly thereafter, I will likely begin publishing 4 times per week (Monday-Thursday). You'll receive twice as many emails, but each issue will be significantly less dense. This issue is particularly dense. There's a lot to talk about this week, but I want to begin with the topic of bias in artificial intelligence models. It's an issue that gets an awful lot of attention -- including in this feature from Fortune -- but that I think the general public misunderstands.